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Songs of Miracles that Milarepa Displayed to Rechungpa

The Song of the Appearance-Emptiness Boulder

Hey Rechungpa! Son, listen up!

This is the big boulder at the steep mountain passThe ones going up bang it on the rightAnd the ones going down bang it on the leftIf you hit it with a hundred hammers, it would not breakIf you lit a hundred fires under it, it would not meltBut if you want to knead it like dough, you knead it like thisIf you want to pour it like water, you pour it like thisIf you want to squish in it like mud, you squish in it like thisAnd if you want to shoot it like an arrow, you shoot it like this!

Hey listen up, Rechungpa! On this untamed red mountain rangeThis is no place for wild assesThen that whole flock just appeared instantlyThat was unborn, one-taste dharmadhatuUnimpededly appearing to be many

Then you saw one ass become a big wolfAnd chase the other asses from the rangeWhen you know the true nature of one kleshaYou’ve got a remedy that works on everythingYou can chase away all the other kleshasAnd cross the pass of subject-object duality

This is how Milarepa’s emanationsGave a teaching to Rechung Dorje DrakpaPointing out to him reality’s true natureThey pointed out the essence of reality